Series CR9. - Letters in Persian from native Indian rulers and others notables,

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CR9.

Title

Letters in Persian from native Indian rulers and others notables,

Date(s)

  • 1756-1771. (Creation)

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30 bundles.

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Original 'country correspondence' .The letters cover both Clive's first (1756-1760) and second (1765-1766) governorships of Bengal. In terms of content, a significant proportion is concerned with political and military affairs principally in Bengal, but also across the Mughal Empire more generally. In addition there are numerous references to regional trade and taxation, as well as letters entreating Clive to grant pardons or preferment. Much of this correspondence was translated at the time and then recorded, together with the text of Clive's replies, surviving either in original (CR8/1, 1756-1758) and transcribed letter books (CC2/1-CC4/6, 1758-1760), or else organised as 'minutes'(CR11/1, 1765-1766).

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Arranged into 30 bundles, with 50 items to most bundles. Most of the envelopes are inscribed with names of other persons to whom copies of the letters were also sent.

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Persian, a few in Bengali and Marathi.

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The dates of some of the letters are dates of receipt rather than dates of creation. These are noted in the descriptions of individual letters.

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Note

Preferred citation: CR9.

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vtls004382102

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000382102

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  • Text: CR9.